Container for dressing



Ian. 27. 1925. 1,524,202

G. D. NOTTINGHAM CONTAINERFORDRESSING Fi led April 12 1923 Patented Jan.27, 1925 UNITED STATES GUY DAVID NOTTINGHAM, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

CONTAINER FOR DRESSING.

Application filed April 12, 1923. Serial No. 631,574.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GUY DAVID No'rrING- HAM, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Baltimore State of Maryland, have in- 5 ventedcertaln new and useful Improvements in Containers for Dressings, ofwhich the following is a specification. i

This invention relates to containers for dressings provided with meansfor improving the appearances of worn or soiled'sur- '20 to provide ameans for raising the nap of the cloth or leather of shoe which havebecome glazed by wear, before the application of the dressing to theshoe and to provide a means for conveniently spreading the dressing andrubbing it into the surface of the shoe after the dressing has beenapplied thereto.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawing wherein I haveillustrated a specific embodiment of my invention.

Fig. 1 is a vertical section through my shoe dressing container,showingthe cover fitted on the container. Figs. 2, 3 and 4 are,respectively, side, perspective and top plan views of the cover for mycontainer.

The container consists of a tubular bod or barrel (1) containing thedressing 2 and provided with a removable cover 3 fitted thereto. Thisdressing (.2) as illustrated in Fig. 1 is preferably in the form ofsticks, blocks or cakes. The tubular bod (1) and cover (3) arepreferably of woo The top end of the cover (3) is surfaced with asuitable abrasive material 4), and

I prefer to use for this purpose a ayer of sand paper, emery paper oremery cloth adhesively secured to the top. A dauber or felt pad (5),preferably of wool, is secured to the opposite end of the cover, andextends into the tubular body when the cover (3) is fitted to the body(1).

In using my device, the dressing (2), which I prefer to use in the formof a stick, is rubbed on the surface to be treated and the dauber (5) isthen applied over this surface in order to properly spread the dressingover and rub in into the surface.

If certain parts of the shoe have become glazed, before applying thedressing (2) upon the shoe, the nap of the leather or fabric is firstrestored by rubbing the abrasive (4) upon such portions, and thedressing (2) is then applied and afterwards spread and rubbed into thesurface by means of the dauber (5).

The present invention is not limited to the specific details set forthin the foregoing examples which should be construed as illustrative andnot by way of limitation, and in view of the numerous modificationswhich may be effected therein without departing from the spirit andscope of thisinvention, it is desired that only such limitations beimposed as are indicated in the appended clalm. Y

I claim as my invention:

An article of manufacture comprising a tubular, wooden barrel forholding a stick of shoe dressing, a wooden cover having a portion ofreduced section fitting into said barrel and a head portion-for limitingthe movement of the cover into said barrel, said head portion beingprovided with an abrasive for raising a nap upon the surface to bedressed before application of the dressing to said surface and a feltpad attached to the end of the reduced portion of said cover forspreading the dressing upon and rubbing it into said surface.

In testimony whereof I aifix my signature.

GUY DAVID NOTTINGHAM.

